Filipiniana

Entrance of the Jorge B. Vargas Museum and Filipiniana Research Center located at the University of the Philippines, Diliman campus, Quezon City.

Filipiniana, or originally Filipiñana, based on the definition by Isagani Medina from "Collection Building: Filipiniana", in his In Developing Special Library Collections, Filipiniana: Proceedings (November 1992), are Philippine-related books and non-book materials (such as figurines, games, fashion and culture). The materials may be produced inside or outside the Philippines by Filipino or non-Filipino authors. The product could be literature written in any of the languages and dialects in the Philippines or a foreign language.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Arlante, Salvacion M. and Rodolfo Y. Tarlit "Filipiniana", Nature and scope of Filipiniana materials, The State-of-the-Art of Filipiniana Collections in the Philippines, The State of Filipiniana, Filipino Librarian
  2. ^ Filipiniana Online, Filipino Librarian
  3. ^ Tenorio, Bryan (August 29, 2009). "World Filipiniana: The new definition of global Filipino design". The Philippine Star. Retrieved February 23, 2012.